How can you identify a buffer in chemistry?

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Luna Chen · Accepted Answer

A buffer is a mixture of a weak base and its conjugate acid mixed together in appreciable concentrations.............

A buffer is a mixture of a weak base and its conjugate acid mixed together in appreciable concentrations. They act to moderate gross changes in #pH#.

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So approx. equal concentrations of a weak base with its conjugate acid, or addition of half an equiv of strong acid to weak base, will generate a buffer. Why must it be half an equivalent?

Note that in the tritation of a weak acid wth a strong base, or conversely a weak base with a strong acid, you will always generate a buffer, and this region of the graph of #pH# versus volume of titrant is called the #"buffer region"#.

Henry Antrim · Answer

undefined A buffer in chemistry can be identified by its ability to resist changes in pH when an acid or base is added. Buffers typically consist of a weak acid and its conjugate base or a weak base and its conjugate acid.